Karni Liddell Quotes
People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.
Quotes to Explore
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Singing, writing songs, is kind of my biggest fear, but it's the thing I feel I need to conquer.
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When I was a kid, I had two great guilty pleasures. One was horror movies and the other was martial arts movies.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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My very first job was a cashier at Burger King in Tucson, Arizona. And I occasionally worked the drive-thru. I'd go wherever I was needed! My second job was at Dairy Queen. I stayed in the fast food royalty.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.
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It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.
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When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
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'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.
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I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.
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My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine.
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Ski racing is probably the least guaranteed sport out there. It's really rare when the favorites win.
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People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
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People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals..that is..goals that do not inspire them.
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The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen.
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Those moments onstage when you realize what you and your compatriots are doing matters - someone in that room needs to hear that story, someone needs to escape or heal or learn or breathe, and remember, we're all in this together.
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The real question is: How do you react? What do you do next? Evade responsibilities? Bury yourself in work? What do you do? All three of my novels take up that question, although none gives an answer.
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People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.
